Richard E. Grace graduated from Purdue in 1951. He discusses the early years, education, and his appointment at Purdue in 1954 as Assistant Professor of Metallurgical Engineering. During his Purdue tenure, he held a number of administrative posts...

Richard E. Grace graduated from Purdue in 1951. He discusses the early years, education, and his appointment at Purdue in 1954 as Assistant Professor of Metallurgical Engineering. During his Purdue tenure, he held a number of administrative posts...

Billy E. Hooper talks about being a faculty member at the School of Veterinary Medicine and then promoted to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 1973. He discusses the Veterinary auto-tutorial laboratory, the library and its first librarian, Ann...

Billy E. Hooper talks about being a faculty member at the School of Veterinary Medicine and then promoted to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 1973. He discusses the Veterinary auto-tutorial laboratory, the library and its first librarian, Ann...

Philip Nelson is a native Hoosier and the William R. Scholle Endowed Chair in Food Processing. He received his Bachelors degree and Ph.D. from Purdue. Nelson talks about the formation of the Department of Food Science in 1984 and serving as head of...

LaNelle Geddes recounts growing up in Houston, getting her PhD in Biophysics and coming to Purdue in 1975 where her husband was head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering. She became head of the School of Nursing in 1980. She details the...

Oldest child, grew up in Piermont, Indiana. Sister to Teddy Andrews. Graduated from Rossville High School in 1936 near the end of the Great Depression. Family moved to
West Lafayette in order for the children to attend Purdue.Worked as maid in home...

Averitte Corley graduated from Purdue with a BS in Agriculture in 1976. He came to Purdue in the 1950s and had planned to play football as he had in high school. An injury cut his playing time short. He talks about campus life in the 1950s and...

Bacher talks about the years prior to his appointment at Purdue as Director of the Purdue University press. He discusses the mission, challenges, strategic alliance, process of acceptance of publications by the Press, and the Editorial Board. The...

Virginia Tyler talks about role as the wife of the Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences [1966-1978] and became Dean of the Schools of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences in 1979 and in 1986 Executive Vice President for...

Robert A. Greenkorn began his career at Purdue in 1965 in the College of Chemical Engineering and was appointed Head of the College in 1967. He talks about his responsibilities, challenges, students and faculty, as well as teaching. His research...

Stanley Shaw, a native of Parkston, South Dakota, received his Ph.D. in 1962 from Purdue University with a major in bionucleonics and minor in Pharmacy. His major professor was Dr. John E. Christian. He remained at Purdue and became Professor and...